St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-19
After Which She Departs in Company
With the Leading Counsel For
the Bomb Fiends.
Her Betrothed Discovered Sparkling An
other Wealthy and Sentimental
Female in the Jail.
A Pretty Widow at Delhi, N. Z.
Mixed Up in a Coachman
Scandal.
Her Late Husbands Body to Be Ex-
amined for Traces of
Poison,
Special to the Globe.

moment, a glass of water, please" said
Capt. Black, to clerk in the marriage
license office at noon to-day. Just little
pr0stratiOn. How are you now, Nina?"
said the captain after Miss Van Zandt, the
prospective bride of the condemned anarch-
ist Spies, drained a tumbler of water.
Very much better, thank you. Oh, but I
wish this ordeal were over" said Miss
Nina. These horrid reporters. If they
don't stop malgniDg me | shall go insan e."
A GLOBE reporter saw Miss Nina after she
had recovered from her spasm. Capt. and
Mrs. Black were at her side and were sus-
tanning her III all manners possible. A drop
of brandy helped to revive Miss Van Zandt
! and then she looked and apparently felt
better Quite crowd was in the license
department when Capt. Black. accompanied
by his wife and the anarchists prospective
bride, entered. Their presence was eX
pected. Il want license" said Mr.. Black
III serious tones, as though he expected to
be refused, but was prepared
TO DEMAND HIS RIGHTS.
''Do you want it for yourself?" asked
Mr. SalmonSOn in a mSchieyous spirit.
| mo. sir | want it for this lady,"
''Then," replied Mr. Salmonson, ''she
can take it out herself. How old are you?"
he asked, turning to the now rosy-faced
bride-expectant.
Il was 20 years of age on the 5th of this
month" she replied with precaution, land
am of sound mind"
! ''Well, [ assure you [ would not issue it
| to you if there was any doubt on that point
in my mind" said the clerk. Can you
| sign your name?"
Certainly" AS she said this Mr.. Sal
monSOn pushed the blank application
| toward her, and in a round hand she wrote
her full name; but as the space was short
the two last syllables took turn upwards.
| The clerk then
ASKED THE GROOM'S NAME
and was given it in full, Miss Van Zandt
insisting that the Names not initials, be
used. When it had been completed it
read:
State of Illinois, Cook County, ss,; No.
| 110S22: Miss Nina Stuart Clarke Van Zandt,
of Chicago, in the county of Cook and state
OF Illinois, being duly sworn, deposes and
says that she is of the age of 90 years, and
that August Vincent Theodore Spies. of Chi
| cago, in the county of Cook and state of Ill
nos, is of the age of 81 years. and that said
above-named persons are single and unmar-
| ried, and may lawfully contract and be Joined
| in marriage.
| NINA STUART CLARKE VAN ZANDT.
! Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th
day OF January, A D. 1887.
HENRY wULFF,
! Clerk of the County Court, by NJ. Saimonson,
| Deputy.
Mr. Salmonson then administered the
| oath, and the license was issued. ''Oh,
| God, must II" screeched the woman, and
then she tainted. sThe captain called for
| glass of water and stimulant, and after
having disposed of each, Miss Van Zandt
was led from the room. She went to Mrs.
Blacks residence, on Ashland avenue.
WHO will marry you?" asked GLOBE
reporter OF Spies.
That has not yet been decided. Judge
| Prendergast will be asked to perform the
ceremony. Miss Van Zandt has received
| THREATENING LETTERS,
one of which she showed TO me yesterday.
! 1t is written on fremont house letter.
head, and purports to be from J. j. Morris,
a Presbyterian clergyman, and warns her
that if she persists in marrying me her life
! will not be worth cent. Such things as
| have been said in the newspapers about our
| marriage would not be tolerated in any
| other country in the world. America is
| the prison of freedom. The young lady is
| far better educated than the average Chi
| cago editor, and is possessed of far greater
common sense than the majority of them,
| if their editorials are criterion. She loves
/ me and l love her, and why should we not
| be married?"
The query was not answered. 1t is gen.
orally admitted that Miss Van Zandt is non
compOs mentis, and Spies q S
DESTITUTE OF MANHOOD
as one of his kind can be. Said promi-
nent citizen: God knows that he is bad
enough, and why does he want to drag a
aol low eYirl wit,
first principles of man he would not
countenance such an act, but this is an
index to his character" There is much
| indignation i'll all circles over the forthcom-
| ing nuptials. Miss Van Zandt says that
she cares nothing for her PittSburg rela-
tiveS, and that she'll marry Spies whether
| she receives nickle from her relatives or
not. 1t is not yet known whether the cere-
mony will take place tomorrow or not.
! Miss Van Zandt seems now in favor of
| postponing the affair to Tuesday next.
Just why she refuses to state 1t may be
that she is now losing her nerve
Capt. Black and Miss Van Zandt did not
know the location of the Office of the county
clerk, and by mistake entered the insane de-
partment OF the county court, and after in
qulring for the clerk discovered their mis-
take and were directed to the proper office,
iipditiVei DJ tllS SlIllSS Vi lll6
of the insane department. When Miss
Van Zandt called upon Spies at the iail
this morning she found him in conversa-
ton with Miss E. Constance Locke. who
lives on Calumet avenue, and who is said
to have taken an interest in the fate of
Spies.
| SHERIFF MATSON,
in whose custody Spies is, said tonight:
Although | have read the reports in the
papers about the contemplated marriage of
Spies and Miss Van Zandt, it was not until
to-day the matter came before me officially.
| Thls afternoon Capt. Black called at my of
| ice. The marriage license had just been OBJ
tained. He requested that permission be
granted for the occupancy of the insane
| court room for the marriage ceremony. I
| think he said that Judge Prendergast had
consented to this programme. l told Capt.
| Black that Icertainly should not alowSpies to
go out of the jail. l then said public senti-
ment was opposed to the marriage, and that
l didn't think those who aided or abetted in
| its consummation would be held blameless:
that the public looked upon the proposed
marriage as
DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR,
and that the clamor against it would increase.
Capt. Black said that Thursday morning had
| take place. While Capt Black was present
L. L. Johnson, the young lady's cousin, came
into the Office and showed me heart-break-
ing letter from Mrs. Arthurs, the Pittsburg
aunt. Mr.. Johnston begged Capt. Black to
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